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American actor, producer, and screenwriter

This article is about the actor. For other people named John Cusack, see John Cusack (disambiguation).

John Paul Cusack (; born June 28, )^[1] is an American actor. He began acting in films during the s, starring in coming-of-agedramedies such as Sixteen Candles (), Better Off Dead (), The Sure Thing (), Stand by Me (), and Say Anything (). In the s, Cusack starred in leading roles in each films, including Bullets Over Broadway (), Con Air (), Grosse Pointe Blank (), The Thin Red Line (), Being John Malkovich (), High Fidelity (), America's Sweethearts (), Max (), and Runaway Jury ().

Cusack has been nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe for his role starring in High Fidelity. In , he was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cusack won the Canadian Screen Awards for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his performance in Maps to the Stars. He is a son of filmmaker Dick Cusack, and the younger brother of actresses Joan and Ann Cusack.

Early life

Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois into an Irish Catholic family. His parents are writer-actor-producer and documentary filmmaker Richard J. "Dick" Cusack (–), originally from

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John Cusack

John Paul Cusack (born June 28, ) is an Americanactor, movie producer, and screenwriter. He was born in Evanston, Illinois.^[1][2] He is the fourth of five children of actor Dick Cusack () and Nancy (née Carolan). His siblings Ann (born ), Joan (born ), Bill (born ) and Susie (born ) are actors.

His movies include: The Sure Thing, Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Say Anything, Bullets Over Broadway, City Hall, Grosse Pointe Blank, Con Air, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Thin Red Line, Pushing Tin, Being John Malkovich, High Fidelity, America's Sweethearts, Serendipity, Identity, Runaway Jury, Must Love Dogs, The Ice Harvest, , , Hot Tub Time Machine, The Raven, and in The Butler.

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